Pasting device.



PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905.

H. H. WALKER. PASTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION nun JUNE 24, 1905 INVENTUI? WITNESSES.

A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY HEYWVOOD WVALKER, OF PONCA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, AS-

SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NATHANIEL M. BASKETT, OF PONOA,

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

PASTING DEVICE.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed June 24,1905. Serial No. 266,896-

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, HARRY HEYWOOD WALKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ponca, in the county of Kay and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Pasting Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to pasting devices, and is especially adapted for use in offices and similar places for applying paste to the edges of papers to be attached together.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple attachment for paste pots or tubes which will enable the paste to be applied quickly to the edge of the paper and neatly, so as to prevent soiling of the fingers.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective showing the device as applied in practice. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of a paste-tube to which my invention has been applied, the nipple of the tube and my attachment being represented in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a tube to which my invention has been applied. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the device as constructed in Fig. 2 and illustrating how the orifice from the tube may be closed after applying paste. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the upper extremity of a paste tube with the nipple thereof in section and showing also in section a modified form of the device which may be used in connection with such a tube. Fig. 6 is a section through an attachment of slightlymodified form, showing also the nipple of a tube to which the same is attached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a paste-tube which is of the common collapsible form provided with the usual threaded nipple 2, which is normally closed by the usual cap, which screws thereupon in a well-known manner. Through this nipple 2 the usual opening 3 is formed,through which the adhesive material may be forced by squeezing the tube in a well-known manner.

My attachment 4 consists, preferably, of a ring 5, as indicated in Fig. 2, the bore whereof is threaded so as to enable the device to be screwed upon the nipple, as indicated. From one side of this ring 5 a tongue 6 projects across the mouth of the opening 3, as shown. The body of this tongue 6 is preferably d-isposed in a plane at right angles to the axis of the opening and removed a slight distance from the extremity of the nipple. The body of the tongue is united to the ring 5 through a shank 7, formed at right angles thereto, as indicated. The outer extremity of the tongue is preferably formed with a rounded nose 8, as indicated in Fig. 3, and this nose is slightly turned outward, so as to form a lip 9, facilitating the insertion of a piece of paper 10 in the space between the nipple and the tongue, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2.

In applying paste with this device the paper would be inserted as just described and as indicated very clearly in Fig. 1. After the paper is inserted, as shown, it would be drawn along or fed across the mouth of the tube, the body of the tube being pressed meanwhile, so as to maintain the adhesive substance 11 against the surface of the paper. With this arrangement the device operates to apply a Zone or band 12 of paste to the surface of the paper near the edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 1.

In using the device the tube is preferably held in the left hand, as indicated,and by screwing the attachment slightly on or off from the nipple the amount of space between the extremity of the nipple and the tongue 6 may be very accurately adjusted, so as to adapt it to pieces of paper of difierent thicknesses or to several sheets of paper attached together. After using the device it is not necessary to replace the usual removable cap upon the tube. In order to close the mouth of the nipple, a stopper 13 may be formed by folding a piece of paper, as indicated in Fig. 4, and slipping the same into position under the tongue, as indicated.

as shown, the attachment may be fitted down more tightly, if desired, so that a very tight closure results.

Instead of forming the body of the attachment as a threaded ring I may use the form shown in Fig. 5, in which the body of the atlVhen this paper stopper is applied,

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tachment consists of a small tubular sleeve 14, which is inserted in the bore of the opening 3, as indicated. To the outer edge of this sleeve a tongue 15 attaches and is preferably integral therewith, as shown. This form of the device is evidently less elaborate than that described above and is not so well adapted for use with paper of different thicknesses.

A modified form is shownin Fig. 6, in which a ring 20 is provided similar to the ring 5, and the tongue 21, which is integral therewith, is provided with an opening 22 opposite the opening in the nipple 23. This opening does not prevent the device from being used as illustrated in Fig. 1, but enables a stopper 2 1 to be inserted through the opening and in the mouth of the nipple, as shown. Before applying the stopper the attachment is preferably screwed up to bring the tongue against the end of the nipple. In this connection it should be understood that the opening 22 alines with the mouth of the nipple, as illustrated.

The device described is evidently very useful and enables mucilage or similar adhesive substance to be applied neatly and quickly to articles such as sheets of paper, which are to be glued together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A receptacle for an adhesive substance presenting an outlet-nipple, and a ring adjustably attached thereto,said ring having a tongue projecting across said nipple.

2. A receptacle for an adhesive substance having an opening, and a tongue projecting transversely of said opening, removed therefrom and constituting a guide, said tongue having an opening alining with said first opening and adapted to receive a stopper seating in said first opening. 7

3. A receptacle for an adhesive substance having a threaded nipple, and a threaded ring mounted on said nipple, said ring having an integral tongue projecting across said nipple, said tongue having an opening alining with said nipple and adapted to receive a stopper seating in said nipple.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY HEYWOOD WALKER.

WVitnesses:

H. G. R. BRODBOLL, CHARLES H. HOLLAWAY. 

